BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: June 25, 2014
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE
Henry T. Perea, Chair
SB 1141 (Hancock) - As Introduced: February 20, 2014
SENATE VOTE : 37-0
SUBJECT : Data Sharing
SUMMARY : Permits the Employment Development Department (EDD)
to share wage data with the California Department of Corrections
(CDCR) to evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Prohibits, as a matter of federal law, the use of UI
information by governmental agencies for non-UI purposes
unless there is a state law authorizing the use and requiring
other agencies to pay the cost of producing the UI
information.
2)Provides for numerous data sharing agreements between EDD and
other agencies.
FISCAL EFFECT : Undetermined
COMMENTS :
1)Purpose . According to the author, the goal of prison
rehabilitation programs is to not only decrease the overall
prison population, but also to release productive citizens out
into society. Prisoners should be able to take the knowledge
and skills they learn while in prison and apply them to a job
once they have completed their sentences and are released into
the community.
Providing CDCR with access to wage and employment data of
former inmates will allow the department to assess which
rehabilitation programs are more successful or less successful
in preparing inmates for future employment.
2)CDCR Capability . CDCR has indicated that its systems are
capable of using this data to provide informative reports
which will indicate the value of its rehabilitative programs.
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The data can be used to provide an indication of the possible
gains inmates can achieve from participating in rehabilitative
programs. CDCR has also indicated that it has sufficient
internal controls to limit the use of this data to program
evaluation purposes.
3)Legislative History . A number of similar bills have been
enacted in recent years. For example:
a. 2013 - AB 908 (Bonilla) - Allowed the Department of
Motor Vehicles to access EDD information in the course of
identity theft investigations.
b. 2012 - AB 174 (Monning) - Allowed the State
Department of Health Care Services, the California Health
Benefit Exchange, the Managed Risk Medical Insurance
Board, and county departments and agencies access to EDD
records.
c. 2012 - SB 691 (Lieu) - Allowed the Contractors'
State License Board and the Agricultural Labor Relations
Board access to EDD records.
d. 2008 - AB 1844 (Hern�ndez) - Implemented various
recommendations made by the Governors Public Employee
Post-Employment Benefits Commission, allowing PERS access
to EDD records to seek criminal, civil, or administrative
remedies in connection with the unlawful application for,
or receipt of, benefits.
e. 2007 - SB 869 (Ridley-Thomas) - Allowed the Labor
Commissioner's Office access to EDD records to go after
employers who failed to obtain workers' compensation
insurance.
f. 2007 - AB 798 (Committee on Insurance) - Authorized
the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to
obtain data from EDD on community college students.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
Service Employees International Union, Local 1000
Friends Committee on Legislation, California
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Opposition
None received
Analysis Prepared by : Paul Riches / INS. / (916) 319-2086